Re: OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?

[Insurgo]

OpenBMC for the KGPE-D16 is here and "works":
https://www.raptorengineering.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-bmc-port-status.php

This is stale, PoC state quality:

- SSH password is hardcoded to 0penBMC

- TTY gets corrupted after a while and OpenBMC needs to be restarted to
fix the issue (asus_power.sh reset)

- Thermal management is for server, not workstation. That needs to be
hacked to not have all fans, full speed, all the time since AST2050
controls thermal management when powered up.

- REST API is exposed

If you want the OpenBMC bitbake binary produced, let me know.

u-bmc would be awesome. I opened this ticket for u-bmc's KGPE-D16:

https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc/issues/133

Regards,

Thierry/Insurgo

On 10/13/19 1:11 AM, ron minnich wrote:
> If you like running systemd on your bmc, the minimum 60 seconds
> openbmc takes to boot, the complex, fragile, and long time it takes to
> build from source, and the openbmc stack's need for giant memory
> footprint and lots of nvme, stop reading.
>
> IF, OTOH, you like the idea of a very lightweight stack, which builds
> in minutes not hours, and needs maybe 32M of memory to run, and boots
> much faster, well, you might want to checkout u-bmc.
>
> https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc
>
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM Kinky Nekoboi  wrote:
> > Debian 10.
> >
> > Thats perfect i  have the nessary flashing tools.
> >
> > Am 12.10.19 um 22:57 schrieb Merlin Büge:
> > > Hi,
> > > > Due to lib depenency hell i am not able to build openbmc myself atm.
> > >
> > > Are you building on Debian (9 or 10)?
> > > > Does somebody has openbmc working for there kgpe-d16 system and can
> > > > maybe send me a rom ?
> > >
> > > I'll send you a separate email.
> > > > Can i flash the module with a Programmer and testclip or only internally?
> > >
> > > Yes, a SOIC16 testclip and an SPI programmer like the CH341a will work.
> > >
> > > Merlin
> >
> > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
>
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OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?

[Timothy Pearson]

It's not really PoC quality; FWIW we actually use it in production (with passwords changed etc.).  The main limits that are run into are related to the tiny AST2050 and its associated Flash device -- there is very little Flash or RAM available on these platforms (by modern standards) and Thierry is right about u-bmc being a better choice.

On our POWER line there's a new project called "!BMC" right now that offers a very minimal boot-only BMC.  That targets the AST2400 and ppc64, but it might be an easy backport target to the D16 given the similarities between the hardware of the AST2400 and the AST2050.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "insurgo" 
> To: "coreboot" 
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2019 10:40:22 AM
> Subject: [coreboot] Re: OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?
> OpenBMC for the KGPE-D16 is here and "works":
> https://www.raptorengineering.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-bmc-port-status.php
>
> This is stale, PoC state quality:
>
> SSH password is hardcoded to 0penBMC
>
> TTY gets corrupted after a while and OpenBMC needs to be restarted to
>
> fix the issue (asus_power.sh reset)
> Thermal management is for server, not workstation. That needs to be
>
> hacked to not have all fans, full speed, all the time since AST2050
> controls thermal management when powered up.
> REST API is exposed
>
> If you want the OpenBMC bitbake binary produced, let me know.
>
> u-bmc would be awesome. I opened this ticket for u-bmc's KGPE-D16:
>
> https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc/issues/133
>
> Regards,
>
> Thierry/Insurgo
>
> On 10/13/19 1:11 AM, ron minnich wrote:
> > If you like running systemd on your bmc, the minimum 60 seconds
> > openbmc takes to boot, the complex, fragile, and long time it takes to
> > build from source, and the openbmc stack's need for giant memory
> > footprint and lots of nvme, stop reading.
> >
> > IF, OTOH, you like the idea of a very lightweight stack, which builds
> > in minutes not hours, and needs maybe 32M of memory to run, and boots
> > much faster, well, you might want to checkout u-bmc.
> >
> > https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM Kinky Nekoboi  wrote:
> > > Debian 10.
> > >
> > > Thats perfect i  have the nessary flashing tools.
> > >
> > > Am 12.10.19 um 22:57 schrieb Merlin Büge:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > > Due to lib depenency hell i am not able to build openbmc myself atm.
> > > >
> > > > Are you building on Debian (9 or 10)?
> > > > > Does somebody has openbmc working for there kgpe-d16 system and can
> > > > > maybe send me a rom ?
> > > >
> > > > I'll send you a separate email.
> > > > > Can i flash the module with a Programmer and testclip or only internally?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, a SOIC16 testclip and an SPI programmer like the CH341a will work.
> > > >
> > > > Merlin
> > >
> > > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
> >
> > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
>
> coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]

OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?

[Merlin Büge]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:53:05 -0500 (CDT)
Timothy Pearson  wrote:
[...]
> On our POWER line there's a new project called "!BMC" right now that offers a very minimal boot-only BMC.  That targets the AST2400 and ppc64, but it might be an easy backport target to the D16 given the similarities between the hardware of the AST2400 and the AST2050.

I think it's the AST2500 which !BMC targets.

Merlin
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "insurgo" 
> > To: "coreboot" 
> > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2019 10:40:22 AM
> > Subject: [coreboot] Re: OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?
> > OpenBMC for the KGPE-D16 is here and "works":
> > https://www.raptorengineering.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-bmc-port-status.php
> >
> > This is stale, PoC state quality:
> >
> > SSH password is hardcoded to 0penBMC
> >
> > TTY gets corrupted after a while and OpenBMC needs to be restarted to
> >
> > fix the issue (asus_power.sh reset)
> > Thermal management is for server, not workstation. That needs to be
> >
> > hacked to not have all fans, full speed, all the time since AST2050
> > controls thermal management when powered up.
> > REST API is exposed
> >
> > If you want the OpenBMC bitbake binary produced, let me know.
> >
> > u-bmc would be awesome. I opened this ticket for u-bmc's KGPE-D16:
> >
> > https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc/issues/133
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Thierry/Insurgo
> >
> > On 10/13/19 1:11 AM, ron minnich wrote:
> > > If you like running systemd on your bmc, the minimum 60 seconds
> > > openbmc takes to boot, the complex, fragile, and long time it takes to
> > > build from source, and the openbmc stack's need for giant memory
> > > footprint and lots of nvme, stop reading.
> > >
> > > IF, OTOH, you like the idea of a very lightweight stack, which builds
> > > in minutes not hours, and needs maybe 32M of memory to run, and boots
> > > much faster, well, you might want to checkout u-bmc.
> > >
> > > https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc
> > >
> > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM Kinky Nekoboi  wrote:
> > > > Debian 10.
> > > >
> > > > Thats perfect i  have the nessary flashing tools.
> > > >
> > > > Am 12.10.19 um 22:57 schrieb Merlin Büge:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > Due to lib depenency hell i am not able to build openbmc myself atm.
> > > > >
> > > > > Are you building on Debian (9 or 10)?
> > > > > > Does somebody has openbmc working for there kgpe-d16 system and can
> > > > > > maybe send me a rom ?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll send you a separate email.
> > > > > > Can i flash the module with a Programmer and testclip or only internally?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, a SOIC16 testclip and an SPI programmer like the CH341a will work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Merlin
> > > >
> > > > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
> > >
> > > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
> >
> > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
>
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OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?

[Timothy Pearson]

Yes, you are correct.  Typing too quickly, thinking of POWER8 :)

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Merlin Büge" 
> To: "Timothy Pearson" 
> Cc: "coreboot" 
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:40:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:53:05 -0500 (CDT)
> Timothy Pearson  wrote:
> [...]
> > On our POWER line there's a new project called "!BMC" right now that offers a
> > very minimal boot-only BMC.  That targets the AST2400 and ppc64, but it might
> > be an easy backport target to the D16 given the similarities between the
> > hardware of the AST2400 and the AST2050.
>
> I think it's the AST2500 which !BMC targets.
>
> Merlin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "insurgo" 
> > > To: "coreboot" 
> > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2019 10:40:22 AM
> > > Subject: [coreboot] Re: OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?
> > > OpenBMC for the KGPE-D16 is here and "works":
> > > https://www.raptorengineering.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-bmc-port-status.php
> > >
> > > This is stale, PoC state quality:
> > >
> > > SSH password is hardcoded to 0penBMC
> > >
> > > TTY gets corrupted after a while and OpenBMC needs to be restarted to
> > >
> > > fix the issue (asus_power.sh reset)
> > > Thermal management is for server, not workstation. That needs to be
> > >
> > > hacked to not have all fans, full speed, all the time since AST2050
> > > controls thermal management when powered up.
> > > REST API is exposed
> > >
> > > If you want the OpenBMC bitbake binary produced, let me know.
> > >
> > > u-bmc would be awesome. I opened this ticket for u-bmc's KGPE-D16:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc/issues/133
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Thierry/Insurgo
> > >
> > > On 10/13/19 1:11 AM, ron minnich wrote:
> > > > If you like running systemd on your bmc, the minimum 60 seconds
> > > > openbmc takes to boot, the complex, fragile, and long time it takes to
> > > > build from source, and the openbmc stack's need for giant memory
> > > > footprint and lots of nvme, stop reading.
> > > >
> > > > IF, OTOH, you like the idea of a very lightweight stack, which builds
> > > > in minutes not hours, and needs maybe 32M of memory to run, and boots
> > > > much faster, well, you might want to checkout u-bmc.
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/u-root/u-bmc
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 2:00 PM Kinky Nekoboi  wrote:
> > > > > Debian 10.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thats perfect i  have the nessary flashing tools.
> > > > >
> > > > > Am 12.10.19 um 22:57 schrieb Merlin Büge:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Due to lib depenency hell i am not able to build openbmc myself atm.
> > > > > > >  
> > > > > > Are you building on Debian (9 or 10)?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does somebody has openbmc working for there kgpe-d16 system and can
> > > > > > > maybe send me a rom ?
> > > > > > I'll send you a separate email.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can i flash the module with a Programmer and testclip or only internally?
> > > > > > Yes, a SOIC16 testclip and an SPI programmer like the CH341a will work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Merlin
> > > > >
> > > > > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
> > > >
> > > > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
> > >
> > > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]
> >
> > coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> > To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]